Stereochemical course of the hydrolysis of thymidine 5'-(4-nitrophenyl [17O,18O]phosphate) in H216O catalyzed by the phosphodiesterase from snake venom.

S. Mehdi, J. A. Gerlt

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Abstract

The phosphodiesterase from snake venom catalyzes the hydrolysis of the Rp diastereomer of thymidine 5'-(4-nitrophenyl [17O,18O]phosphate) in H216O with retention of configuration at phosphorus. This result is in agreement with those previously reported for the hydrolysis of chiral phosphorothioate substrates (Bryant, F. R., and Benkovic, S. J. (1979) Biochemistry 18, 2825-2828; Burgers, P. M. J., Eckstein, F., and Hunneman, D. H. (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 7476-7478). The hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by this enzyme occurs via formation of a covalent nucleotidylated enzyme intermediate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)12164-12166
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume256
Issue number23
StatePublished - Dec 10 1981
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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